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The Bungie Foundation

THE BUNGIE FOUNDATION reduces distress and suffering in children through entertainment and partners with humanitarian aid organizations in times of natural disaster and crisis.

$3.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$902k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$6.1MInternational$2.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$797kEducation$754kYouth Development$361kHuman Services$238kScience & Tech$107kEmployment$106kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $131k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.7M
$55,468
Median grant
7
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MIAMI CHILDREN'S HEALTH SYSTEM INC$902,250
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$380,446
MAKE A WISH ALASKA AND WASHINGTON$377,435
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$213,753
COLLEGE SUCCESS FOUNDATION$210,000
THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION$179,020
ST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN INC$169,332
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BELLEVUE$105,000
LIGHTHOUSE OF PINELLAS INC$102,150
EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA$64,716
MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER$57,709
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON & AK$57,178
IOLA FOUNDATION DBA IT GETS BETTER$55,468
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$55,000
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION$52,610
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $142k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%FIREFIGHTER AID: $150 → 11%LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND BLIND: $48k → 11%MONSOON ASIANS & PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN SOLIDARITY: $10k → 10%ENCIRCLE: $150 → 8%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $50 → 10%FOSTER KINSHIP: $1k → 13%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $25 → 10%FOSTER KINSHIP: $1k → 13%STACK UP: $11k → 14%SOUND GENERATIONS: $100 → 9%OPERATION NIGHTWATCH: $75 → 9%ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT: $100 → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $550 → 14%EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $65k → 9%HOPELINK: $600 → 9%HOPELNIK: $100 → 9%EVERGREENHEALTH FOUNDATIONJ: $150 → 9%EVERGREENHEALTH FOUNDATION: $150 → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $1k → 9%YMCA (OF GREATER SEATTLE): $100 → 9%YOUTHCARE: $600 → 9%ISSAQUAH FOOD AND CLOTHING BANK: $1k → 9%ISSAQUAH FOOD AND CLOTHING BANK: $500 → 9%EASTSIDE BABY CORNER: $150 → 9%AMARA: $350 → 9%YOUTHCARE: $100 → 9%UCUCC CHILD CARE PROGRAMS: $50 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
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CO
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OK
LA
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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 87 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

87 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 74 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

87
271

Total granted

$7.4M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+40%

Still filing today

79%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DIRECT RELIEF
    5× · 2017–2023 · $1.3M · revenue +94%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ALASKA & WASHINGTON
    6× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +1%
  • TR
    TEAM RUBICON INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $796k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF COLORADO
    one grant, 2022 · $429k
  • IH
    INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $335k · revenue -2%
  • NC
    NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $292k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
2
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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3
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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8
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
9
Life Science Washington

Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…

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10
Perigee Fund

Our mission is to shift policies and systems to increasingly value and embed supports for caregiver and infant mental health in the places where families are during pregnancy and early childhood. perigee is organized & operated as a…

Health
11
Seattle Children's Guild Association

Seattle children's guild association advocates for seattle children's hospital through volunteer, philanthropic and community endeavors to ensure hope, excellent care and advanced cures for children.

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12
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington; the most unlike its peers is Ultimate Peace Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

263 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 263 of the 376 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
62
Early backer (in before they grew)
257/263
Grantees still filing
200/263
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ALASKA & WASHINGTON: $1,102,741 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ALASKA & WASHINGTO…Miami Children's Health System Inc: $902,250 · HealthMiami Children's Health System IncCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $790,379 · HealthCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $335,434 · HealthINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATIONCHILD'S PLAY: $180,970 · HealthTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION: $179,020 · HealthVALLEY CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $178,666 · HealthST MARYS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN INC: $169,332 · HealthINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $153,669 · Health+18 more: $260,908 · Health+18 moreSeattle Children's Foundation: $758,224 · OtherSeattle Children's FoundationCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF COLORADO: $429,420 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF COLORAD…NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $291,933 · OtherNATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL…YALE UNIVERSITY: $192,646 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYBELLEVUE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $155,450 · OtherBELLEVUE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS IN…MAKE A WISH: $118,600 · OtherCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $111,550 · OtherZENSAR TECHNOLOGIES INC: $103,184 · OtherLIGHTHOUSE OF PINELLAS INC: $102,150 · OtherSHERWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $105,421 · Other+115 more: $523,875 · Other+115 moreDIRECT RELIEF: $1,346,654 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFInternational Rescue Committee INC: $563,174 · InternationalInternational Rescue …Manos Unidas International Inc: $83,690 · International+9 more: $8,945 · InternationalTEAM RUBICON INC: $796,111 · Public Safety & DisasterCollege Success Foundation: $477,493 · EducationTHE GRADY SCHOOL DBA THE MADRONE SCHOOL: $60,720 · Education+12 more: $8,310 · EducationEL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: $64,716 · Human ServicesLighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind Inc: $48,081 · Human ServicesSTACK UP: $10,627 · Human ServicesMONSOON ASIANS & PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN SOLIDARITY: $10,000 · Human Services+9 more: $7,635 · Human ServicesIOLA Foundation: $107,124 · PhilanthropyKALISPELL REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $12,000 · PhilanthropyCANDID: $7,951 · Philanthropy+5 more: $2,180 · Philanthropy
Health$4,253,369Other$2,892,453International$2,002,463Public Safety & Disaster$796,111Education$546,523Human Services$141,059Philanthropy$129,255

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $1,346,654 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ALASKA & WASHINGTON: $1,102,741 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $796,111 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $790,379 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $758,224 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $563,174 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $477,493 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $335,434 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD'S PLAY: $180,970 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetVALLEY CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $178,666 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBELLEVUE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $155,450 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $153,669 over 2y, 20% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $111,550 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetIOLA Foundation: $107,124 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSHERWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $105,421 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE OF PINELLAS INC: $102,150 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska: $67,178 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado: $61,466 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GRADY SCHOOL DBA THE MADRONE SCHOOL: $60,720 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $60,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $52,142 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind Inc: $48,081 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $27,865 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFUTURES WITHOUT VIOLENCE: $23,885 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetABILITYPOINTS INC: $14,250 over 1y, 83% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $13,948 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKALISPELL REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGold Star Gamers Limited: $11,730 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLATINX IN GAMING NFP: $10,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetMONSOON ASIANS & PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN SOLIDARITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCANDID: $7,951 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $5,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,990 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $2,930 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $2,785 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Perkins School: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAGGIES MISSION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGREYHOUND PETS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $1,630 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSALMON FOR SOLDIERS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetISSAQUAH FOOD AND CLOTHING BANK: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,420 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $1,235 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $1,225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDowntown Emergency Service Center: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQueen Anne Elementary PTSA: $1,200 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…The Norcliffe Foundat…Seattle FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Moccasin Lake Foundat…Real Progress Foundat…Glassybaby White Ligh…Lucky Seven FoundationMedina FoundationLamb Weston Charitabl…Raikes FoundationThe Satterberg Founda…
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE72.7× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Real Progress Foundation · Glassybaby White Light Fund · Lucky Seven Foundation · Medina Foundation · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · Raikes Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Bungie Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bungie Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Reed Institute: 1% of income from government
  • The Nemours Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
46report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Bungie Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Bungie Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 376 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home